IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 25/05/2016

Heavyweights back 9 Spokes
The Kiwi cloud app integrator is getting plenty of love from partners and local institutional investors.

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A Springboard for female founders
The first ever female president of a TV network Kay Koplovitz says more work needed to grow investor confidence in Australia.

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Head-up metrics a distraction
A head-up display for cyclists seems like a good idea but is really more trouble than its worth.

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10 start-ups ready for acceleration
An all-terrain buggy board and genetically guided antidepressants are among the inductees to the Melbourne program.

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Shield sets TV standard
The fourth generation Apple TV and the Nvidia Shield powered by Android TV are two serious set top contenders.

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Security bill a ‘wake-up call’
Mandatory data breach legislation is on its way and some boards could find themselves in hot water.

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Sector needs bipartisanship
Cracks are starting to appear in the Coalition and Labor’s bipartisan start-up agenda.

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DigitalX lands Telefonica deal
ASX-listed blockchain firm signs deal that will see its app deployed across Latin America.

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Harvey Norman delivery shake up
Retail giant partners with start-up to offer three hour same-day deliveries to customers in major cities.

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Partnerships spread like butter
Melbourne innovation hub York Butter Factory has added another string to its partnership bow.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 12/05/2016

Research backs blocking
The Australian association representing movie houses is stepping up its campaign to block pirate movie sites.

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Tesla plugs into subsidy demise
The demise of the solar energy subsidy in NSW is a selling point for home battery technology.

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Unleashed Software raises $3m
Inventory management start-up continues global push with backing from MYOB founder.

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WhatsApp delivers desktop app
Facebook’s popular mobile messaging service has announced a desktop app for Windows and Mac.

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Amazon launches YouTube rival
The online retailer’s new ad-supported video service will let anyone upload clips.

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HP to invest in start-ups
HP, a descendant of Silicon Valley’s original start-up, plans to bet on the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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Uber, Lyft back out of Austin
Uber and Lyft stalled in Austin yesterday after residents rejected their effort to rewrite local ride-sharing rules.

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Facebook rebuts bias claim
The social networking platform said it has ‘rigorous guidelines’ to ensure neutrality.

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Nokia falls to surprise loss
Sluggish mobile-network sales and charges related to acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent hit Finnish firm.

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Transforming Australia’s cities
Imagine a city that automatically collects information of all its processes, accumulating data for full visibility of its operations, so no resource is misallocated.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 06/05/2016

Tesla’s losses widen
Vice presidents for production and manufacturing leave as auto maker looks to increase output.

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From hy-cycling to self-sailing
This Sydney technology fair has it all, from ideas seeking investors to market-ready products.

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Fintech hail recognition
The Turnbull government’s budget may have lacked fireworks for innovation but fintech start-ups aren’t complaining.

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Online Dick Smith revived
The battered Dick Smith brand lives on, with local online retail giant Kogan.com reviving the brand ahead of schedule.

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What Apple needs to tick again
The Watch appears to have largely just plugged the hole left by the iPod, in decline since its peak contribution in 2006.

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Tesla loses two executives
The electric car manufacturer is losing two manufacturing bosses at a critical time.

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Optus own goal with EPL
Optus’s pricing plan for its exclusive streaming of the English Premier League is more expensive than expected.

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Apple loses trademark battle
A Beijing court has ruled in favour of a Chinese company that makes IPHONE-branded wallets.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 28/04/2016

Apple profit drops 23pc
Sales of iPhones have declined for the first time as Apple posted its first drop in quarterly revenue since 2003.

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Mullen slides into Telstra chair
John Mullen has today taken over as chairman of Telstra following the departure of Catherine Livingstone.

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Twitter revenue disappoints
Twitter’s long-awaited turnaround is still a work in progress, with few signs it has resuscitated growth.

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Cyber threats ‘a clear danger’
A top ­hi-tech executive from Israel has warned governments and firms against piecemeal solutions to cyber security.

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eBay results top forecasts
Online marketplace sees sales rise for the first quarter in five despite currency headwinds.

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Quickflix goes bust, blames Stan
Online streaming service Quickflix has gone into administration.

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Australia Post ups innovation
Australia Post plans to step up its efforts to foster innovation in the not-for-profits sector.

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Suncorp takes US platform stake
Local insurance giant Suncorp has taken a $US5 million ($6.5m) stake in US start-up Trov.

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Dropbox announces Project Infinite
New feature allows users to access all their files no matter how much space they have available.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 28/04/2016

Apple profit drops 23pc
Sales of iPhones have declined for the first time as Apple posted its first drop in quarterly revenue since 2003.

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Mullen slides into Telstra chair
John Mullen has today taken over as chairman of Telstra following the departure of Catherine Livingstone.

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Twitter revenue disappoints
Twitter’s long-awaited turnaround is still a work in progress, with few signs it has resuscitated growth.

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Cyber threats ‘a clear danger’
A top ­hi-tech executive from Israel has warned governments and firms against piecemeal solutions to cyber security.

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eBay results top forecasts
Online marketplace sees sales rise for the first quarter in five despite currency headwinds.

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Quickflix goes bust, blames Stan
Online streaming service Quickflix has gone into administration.

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Australia Post ups innovation
Australia Post plans to step up its efforts to foster innovation in the not-for-profits sector.

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Suncorp takes US platform stake
Local insurance giant Suncorp has taken a $US5 million ($6.5m) stake in US start-up Trov.

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Dropbox announces Project Infinite
New feature allows users to access all their files no matter how much space they have available.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 27/04/2016

Dating site for beautiful hacked
The details of members of an elitist dating website that claims only to admit beautiful people have been leaked online.

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Quickflix folds, blames Stan
Australia’s streaming war has its first victim, with online video and DVD service Quickflix in voluntary administration.

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Cafes will be singing for supper
Ride sharing service Uber’s food delivery service is bad news for restaurants.

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Simplifying the boots business
Here’s how Australia’s oldest and largest footware company Blundstones managed to find the right path for its small IT team to run a global business.

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REA moves in on share home site
Digital real estate heavyweight REA Group has acquired smaller rival Flatmates.com.au for $25m.

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Visionstream wins telco contract
The CIMIC-backed Visionstream has won a $350m contract to supply maintenance and building services to Telstra.

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New LG phone finds a few friends
Review: LG’s latest flagship comes with plenty of friends on the side but falls short of taking the Android crown.

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Acer looks to attack Surface Pro
The Switch Alpha 12 looks to deliver all the features of the Surface Pro 4 without breaking the bank.

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Sony slumps on reporting delay
The tech giant has plunged 6pc after delaying its earnings result in the wake of Japan’s earthquakes.

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Boards gear up for cyber school
Data 61 chief Adrian Turner says Australia has fallen behind in the cyber security arms race.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 25/04/2016

FBI paid $1.3m to crack iPhone
The FBI paid more than $US1 million ($1.29m) for a hacking tool that opened the iPhone of a terrorist gunman.

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GE’s $100m Daintree takeover
Building automation start-up Daintree Networks has agreed to a $100 million takeover by global industrial giant GE.

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Boosting cyber defence
Cyber crime is looming to be an even greater threat than terrorism.

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Hackett gives up NBN board seat
iiNet founder to replace Simon Hackett on NBN Co board.

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Turnbull channels his inner Trudeau
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken a leaf out of his Canadian counterpart’s quantum computing textbook in a UNSW address.

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Google earnings disappoint
Google parent Alphabet’s earnings rose 20pc but the result fell short of estimates, amid more losses from new projects.

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Uber thumbs nose at Queensland
Ride-sharing app Uber has vowed to operate as normal and take fines to court as the state government cracks down on it and similar companies.

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HFC a great broadband option
Hybrid Fibre Co-axial networks are delivering across the globe and not using them in Australia would be a criminal waste.

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Microsoft’s profit slides 25pc
Microsoft’s earnings fell 25pc in the 3Q, as it reported lower operating profits across several business lines.

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Cyber criminals ‘one step ahead’
Malcolm Turnbull’s planned pre-emptive strikes on cyber attackers is unlikely to deter cyber criminals, security experts say.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 22/04/2016

‘Stop denial of cyber breaches’
Malcolm Turnbull urges businesses to end culture of denial over cyber breaches as he launches $230m security strategy.

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Disneyland on steroids
The Disneyland Park opening in Shanghai is not just for the kids: it ushers in a whole new world of technology.

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Boost to battle cyber hits
The government will spend ­another $230m to fight the more than 1000 major cyber ­attacks in Australia each year.

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Telstra picks up start-up stake
Telco’s venture capital arm tips $10m into Nginx and its application delivery platform.

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Bugcrowd raises $19 million
The successful Sydney-born crowdsourced enterprise security startup has closed a $19.2m Series B funding round.

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EU expands battle with Google
The European Union is alleging that the tech giant rigs the market for mobile apps.

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Sonnen takes the fight to Tesla
A German company is taking on Tesla and Redflow by offering Australians home batteries with in-built intelligence systems.

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Seven West Media digs Newzulu model
Partnership will see the media giant take advantage of outlet’s crowd sourced content.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 13/04/2016

Deliveroo hops further afield
The global on-demand food delivery service clarifies its contracting model as it expands to Brisbane.

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Focus on customer needs: Dorsey
Twitter and Square founder and CEO unfazed by ongoing tech bubble talk.

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Telstra continues renewal push
Telstra will expand its board with the appointment of former AMP chief Craig Dunn as a non-executive director.

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Making sure Invoice2Go fits bill
The local mobile invoicing outfit is loading up on talent as it looks to shed the start-up tag.

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Reviewed: Fitbit Blaze and Band 2
Dedicated wearable fitness trackers are feeling the heat from smartwatches and phone apps. Should you even buy one?

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Fitness? Not all cardio, weights
Not long ago, if you wanted to learn about training and nutrition, your options were limited. Not any more.

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Utilities ripe for disruption
If you are in an industry going through a structural shift, here’s what you need to do to avoid your ‘Kodak moment’.

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Listcorp to end ‘corporate dross’
A Melbourne-based start-up aims to better educate retail investors on the companies they are investing in.

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Confidence in Apple’s vision
Apple’s entry into the augmented reality space will be a game-changer and spells trouble for Microsoft and Intel.

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Baum’s TikForce start-up relists
Perth-based digital identification and verification start-up TikForce will relist on the ­ASX today.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 07/03/2016

Drones aid mining survey work
Drones at the Goonyella coalmine are radically changing the way miners keep tabs on their operations.

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Small beer leads to big idea
An idea hatched over beers at a uni bar has turned four graduates into poster boys for start-up success.

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Rivals join Apple in FBI fight
A broad array of technology firms and activists joined Apple’s legal fight over encryption yesterday.

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Apple takes its Geniuses online
Tech giant opens news Twitter account dedicated to customer support.

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Migme raises $7m as it eyes China
Migme raises $7m from the “Instagram of China” as it explores joint marketing and product development opportunities.

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Currency hits HP Enterprise profit
Shares of the data centre provider rise as results surpass expectations.

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San Bernardino relatives opposing Apple
The families of San Bernardino victims are heading to court, arguing the FBI has a valid warrant to access an Apple phone belonging to one of the killers.

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Reforms needed to defeat hackers
It is vital for the teleco industry to get behind reforms that are designed to strengthen national security, economic prosperity and social wellbeing.

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Decmil gets 2yr Ericsson contract
Decmil Group has secured a two year national panel contract with Ericsson, through subsidiary SC Services.

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Ex-Westpac exec joins SocietyOne
Former senior Westpac banker Jason Yetton will take over as SocietyOne CEO in the next few months.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 03/03/2016

AMP buys money manager start-up
AMP has acquired fintech start-up MoneyBrilliant, after first investing in the personal finance helper in 2014.

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Reality? It’s so last century
‘Virtual’ pop stars are just the tip of a huge iceberg of social change.

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Telstra suffers new outage
Prepaid users unable to make calls, recharge credit or access data.

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Google searches for new boss
The exit of Google Australia MD Maile Carnegie gives the company a chance to diversify its presence in Australia.

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Twitter boosts breaking news
Twitter has launched its Moments feature in Australia, adding a breaking news function to its service.

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The fight over fair use
Multinationals are pushing to change our copyright laws.

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ANZ search secures Carnegie
ANZ has snared Google Australia boss Maile Carnegie to fill the new role of group executive digital banking.

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FBI bid to crack Apple blocked
Judge rules the FBI cannot use a 227-year-old law to force Apple to give it access to locked iPhone data.

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Optus eyes shop closures
Optus is reviewing its worst-performing shops with an eye to closing them as part of wide-ranging cuts.

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Preparing for a digital workforce
Analysts have likened the coming decades to the Industrial Revolution because the potential for

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 29/02/2016

Sharp takeover stalls
Sharp shares dived after Taiwan multinational delayed its takeover on new information about the Japanese giant.

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Atlassian doesn’t fear tech wreck
The founders of software group Atlassian have welcomed the pull-back in the valuations of global technology companies.

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Black spot remedy hits phase two
The Coalition government gets the ball rolling on the second half of mobile black spot program, with $60m in play.

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Fresh look at the future of work
New report launched by the government identifies six megatrends affecting the future of Australia's workforce.

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Life as accidental billionaires
Welcome to the new world of the family colloquially known as the nation’s accidental billionaires. Not that they enjoy the label.

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Love in the age of Snapchat
Though public, teenage concerns remain the same.

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Israeli army trains drone pilots
Technology start-up Ninox is using Israeli army know-how to lure Australian former defence personnel.

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Build your own smartphone?
Modular design is a new concept in smartphones that would let you snap together components like Lego blocks.

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Charge your phone in 5 minutes
Fast charging you phone in 5 minutes while sipping a latte is on the way.

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Vocus to pay special dividend
Recently-merged telco Vocus has announced a special dividend and increased half-year payout, as interim profit fell.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 25/02/2016

FinTech targets financial technology
The government has announced an advisory panel for financial technology in Asia.

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I’m teaching Uber a lesson
I’m a small start-up disrupting an industry behemoth worth more than $70bn.

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Qantas locks in free WiFi
Qantas is on track to become the first airline in Australia to allow customers to surf the internet during flights.

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Telstra chair Livingstone quits
Catherine Livingstone is stepping down as Telstra chair and will be replaced by Asciano boss John Mullen.

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Aconex wows market
Emerging tech play Aconex has wowed the market with its latest numbers.

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Telstra's Penn puts on a show
CEO says his telco is punching above its weight on the world stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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Zuckerberg warns on mobile future
Facebook CEO lays out plans to bring remote parts of the world online, backs Apple in FBI battle.

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Terrorists and Apple become allies
Apple may worry about its profits, but it shouldn’t obstruct the security services from keeping ordinary people safe.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 24/02/2016

Wi-Fi win for Qantas
Airline partners with Viasat to harness NBN Co’s long-term satellite service.

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Test drive: 3D robotics drone
An expensive treat for budding filmmakers, the 3D Robotics’ Solo drone pretty much flies itself.

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Catching terrorists trumps privacy
Apple may worry about its profits, but it shouldn’t obstruct the security services from keeping ordinary people safe.

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Mass virtual entertainment close
Virtual reality theme parks are looming as mass entertainment in the 21st century.

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Samsung, LG in Barcelona battle
It’s a South Korean shootout as Samsung and LG raise the stakes on the smartphone front.

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How to Readify students for work
The Melbourne-based software developer has launched a new two-year graduate program to plug the skills gap.

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DesignCrowd extends global reach
Australian crowdsourcing outfit now boasts half a million designers on its global platform.

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Deputy looks to health of US
Sydney-based workplace management service takes aim at the US healthcare industry.

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Traders bank on EMClarity
Brisbane-based radio links expert EMClarity looks set to shake up the world of high-frequency trading.

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Sonos sound for all occasions
Adding wi-fi speakers to your house can be akin to rearranging the furniture or adding a whole wing to the house.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 17/02/2016

Husic’s internal start-up battle
Labor’s start-ups and digital innovation spokesman has flaged a fresh wave of innovation policies.

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Gizmos galore in Barcelona
Brace yourself for a deluge of smartphones and tablets when the Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona next week.

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Westpac fires up SME link
Westpac has unveiled the latest addition to its technology arsenal with the launch of Business Link.

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Dropbox union to lift female employment
The cloud storage firm has joined with Diverse City Careers to address the lack of women in technical roles.

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Reckon tumbles on modest results
Cloud accounting firm is third behind Xero, MYOB.

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Get with program on gender imbalance
IT has a gender problem and finding a solution to it is going to require a lot more than just getting girls to code.

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Telstra’s Kloud buy is blue sky
Telstra’s technology ambitions promise to be a boon for one Melbourne-based cloud outfit and its plucky founders.

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Apps aplenty to plan your travels
It’s easy to lose your bearings when travelling overseas but having the right apps in your pocket can take a lot of the stress out.

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Education with a guide on the side
More than 300,000 Australian children started kindergarten over the past two weeks, but are they ready for the future?

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SoftBank in $6bn share buyback
Troubles at US mobile carrier Sprint weigh on the Japanese company’s shares.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 11/02/2016

Computershare warns on outlook
Computershare has posted a sharp jump in first-half profit but says market turmoil is casting a pall over the rest of the year.

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The end of the password
Tech firms push toward a future without passwords and a focus that turns phones into digital keys.

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’Netflix tax’ targets downloads
A tax loophole on movies, games and e-books provided by foreign companies is about to close.

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Investment app Acorns makes cents
Spare-change investment app Acorns is launching in Australia today after more than two million downloads in the US.

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Satellite firm readies for ASX lift-off
Sky and Space Global to list via reverse takeover in April, raising $4 million.

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Nearmap plots US growth
ASX-listed digital mapping firm says it’s well positioned to take on North America after posting strong half-year revenues.

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MYOB inks American Express deal
Accounting software customers to receive bank feeds directly from American Express in Australian first.

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Human error cripples Telstra net
Mobile customers to receive free data this Sunday as compensation.

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ANZ latest in mobile payments
The local mobile payments race has welcomed its latest entrant with ANZ launching its own app, ANZ Mobile Pay.

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New ways to teach kids coding
Even parents who don’t know programming are using games, apps to teach basic skills.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 09/02/2016

‘Error 53′: your iPhone is dead
A cryptic Apple error message is informing some iPhone owners that their devices, repaired by outsiders, are dead.

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#RIPTwitter: timeline backlash
Twitter’s CEO has responded after suggestions it might rearrange the order of tweets based on their importance.

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PayPal bans VPNs over copyright
Payments provider cuts off UnoTelly, Unblock-us over ‘copyright concerns’ despite them being legal in Australia.

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Twitter message goes unheeded
Jack Dorsey’s return as Twitter CEO has failed to lift the social network, which critics say is in a crisis.

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Can Labor turn NBN on Turnbull?
The opposition needs some creative thinking to capitalise on the Coalition’s headaches in the telecoms portfolio.

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Tech players brace for US fallout
Turmoil in the US technology sector is set to test local players.

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Microsoft, GoPro strike deal
Agreement to cover certain file-storage and system technologies.

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Date site’s love grows
The eHarmony online dating group says it can increase revenues from Australia by 50 per cent in next two years.

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Valuations no problem: LinkedIn
LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue has played down concerns about the excessive valuations of technology companies.

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NBN digital divide ‘inevitable’
The rollout of the NBN is picking up speed but there’s no easy fix to the digital divide plaguing Australian consumers.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 22/01/2016

Foxconn bids $US5.3bn for Sharp
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan also has competing offer for electronics maker.

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Fans call the shots
Sports fans can now decide not only when to watch a replay, but from which angle. It’s better than being there.

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Netflix blocking battle
A website that unlocks US content says Netflix has begun trying to block Australian access to that content.

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Telstra to buy Kloud
Telco bolsters its IT business with $50 million acquisition.

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ATO probes Bitcoin ‘creator’
Craig Wright is under investigation by the ATO into fraud potentially worth millions of dollars.

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ICT flagship a ‘tour of duty’
The head of the flagship ICT research body says it is vital to build Australia as a research and development hub.

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Apple’s aid for songwriters
If you want to capture the first few bars of a potential chart-topper before it exits your brain, help has arrived.

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Citrix names new CEO
Interim CEO Robert Calderoni to remain executive chairman as former Microsoft executive Kirill Tatarinov steps in.

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Edge taps private equity
Edge Electrons is in talks with private equity firms to bankroll its expansion plans in Australia and internationally.

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Apple in India push
iPhone maker asks for approval to open its own retail stores in the country.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 20/01/2016

Can Netflix close VPN loophole?
Users will soon only be able to access titles available inside their territory, but one unblocking company is unfazed.

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Band 2 ships in Australia
Microsoft calls it a fitness wearable but its Band 2 which ships in Australia from tomorrow is every bit a smartwatch too.

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Hospital data play gets $200,000
CohortIQ, which uses data to maximise hospital and public health service efficiency, has won $200,000 seed capital.

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Canva paints successful picture
Australia’s next big tech hope after Atlassian is taking cues from Google to fill its ranks.

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Driverless cars a step closer
Driverless technology is developing at such a fast pace that self-driving cars are likely to appear before 2020.

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Young left out of digital revolution
Young Australians are the least prepared for the digital revolution, ranking last out of nine countries.

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Long wait for virtual reality headset
Demand for Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset that started the VR craze, has seen the shipment date blow out.

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Start-ups face taxing time
Despite support from the tech community, some unintended consequences of the innovation statement are apparent.

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Imperfect future revealed in desert
Off-site Consumer Electronics Show events usually start with a bus ride in Vegas, not a desert bicycle ride.

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Food deliverer’s fresh funding
Melbourne-based food delivery start-up has announced a Sydney push along with a fresh round of funding.

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IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 04/01/2016

TopBetta turns fantasy to reality
TopBetta continues to expand its reach, striking a deal with digital horse racing site G1X.

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Microsoft’s ‘state hacking’ alert
The tech giant plans to inform email users if it suspects government agencies are trying to break into their accounts.

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